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BAHRllOU BAH-

Lat. 27° 3<l' Long, 81° 3(5'

M M M

Akbar — — 4

Bahr&ich, which gives its name* to a district in Ondh of tho.
present day, wan a coppor mint of Akbar. It wan an important
mart for the trade between India and N«*p&I, and doubthwn the
policy of having a local mint wan dictated by the neeoHHity for
a supply of copper coinng<^ for nunrantil<v tranHuHionn. Tin* mint
Beems to have been moved aft^r 980 to Pog&on, a villugt; a Iitt,l<? to
the north in the name district No other king, as far an in known,
coined money at Bahraieh*

BAIRiTA

Lai 27° 27' Lou^, 7tf 12'

Af -« At

Aklmr - G h

Jalnuigfr »• • - - 5

Bair&ta, a town in Kfijptit^nft in the viounty of Alwnr, had from
early times been famous for Ite copper ntinen. It in xmmiionwi In
"Ain-i-Akhwi aw also posHussing an unr<Muunt»ttitIvi« «ilvi*r uuix**
It wa« a mint town tmclt^r Akbar first for <»opj««r iwit! l
for silver also. The early <Wm« ant rar<% UK* Muwum
a apecimon of 071 (No, SH2), A mp<*<t in wtalojjui'd of 1(H>5
(No* 109), but thts majority of thu wlv«*r Inmi^H ar<* of <hi* forty "«*5yhth
and forty-ninth year of Akban Iklrita WUH n mini For AkUir'rt
twftk& issue of the forty-fourth un<l following y<*urH, ili«* full tunfat,
weighing 632 grain** (No, SB3), .lahfingir'n copji^r IHHU<»H nn* p!t*ntifiiL
Sh&hjahfin and Aurangxtlb alw> coin<»d In e*op|H*r nt HuirfiUu nncj
Mr. Burn (J.A.&Jt.) 1904, Ft I, No, 2) iut*uti<mH a <*op|H»r onin
of Farrafe]l-»iyar in Dr. Whito Kinjr'H cabinet from tliin mini. Tint
coin dooH not, however, appear iu thit eatalogtii* iiiiwli* \vlwn thai
collection was